Company Description

Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy. Find out more at www.depop.com

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

If, due to a disability, you need adjustments to complete the application, please let us know by sending an email with your name, the role to which you would like to apply, and the type of support you need to complete the application to adjustments@depop.com. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

Android Engineer

Role Overview
We’re searching for an Android Engineer eager to produce the most evocative buying and selling experience possible. You will work as part of an Android-focused Product team, developing new user facing features and transforming the way Depop connects with creative minds, by constantly delivering great user experiences on their Android devices.

Want to find out more about Depop & our engineering team? Take a look at our blog!

We write about technology, people and smart engineering - https://engineering.depop.com/

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement new user-facing features in the Depop app

• Work closely with the design, product management and backend teams to ensure that new features are implemented efficiently and effectively.

• Educate the Depop family on the engineering challenges faced when supporting a wide range of devices with varying screen sizes, orientations and densities.

• Taking ownership of the quality of the code by writing unit tests, instrumentation tests and working alongside QA to ensure that we can have confidence in every release that we put out.

• Refactor existing code to leverage the latest developments in the Android framework.

• Optimise the performance of the app to ensure that we have a minimum memory, CPU and data footprint.

• Maintain a healthy curiosity towards other Android apps and champion ideas on what we can do to make the Depop Android app better.

• Integration of new SDKs when required within the app.

Requirements

• Android and programming with Java/Kotlin and have shipped (or helped to ship) at least one well regarded Android application.

• Solid technical knowledge of mobile application development in Android with experience producing apps that feature a fast, consistent and non-blocking user experience.

• Previous experience of using dependency injection, Kotlin Coroutines/Flows and Android support and design libraries.

• Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and multi-threading.

• Experience with debugging issues occurring on user’s devices using tools such as Crashlytics.

• Able to exercise good judgement on when to craft your own frameworks, and when to use those provided by Android / by the community.

• We have over 100 libraries and SDKs used in the app. While we won’t list them all here, you should be able to learn and work with new libraries, SDKs and design patterns quickly thanks to your experience and strong engineering fundamentals.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working with a large and mature Android codebase.

• Has created complex and rich UI experiences, preferably using MVVM or MVI architecture.

• Understanding of Retrofit for ease of integration with Http requests.

• Experience of Continuous Integration preferably using Bitrise, and automated UI testing preferably using Espresso and JUnit.

• Understanding of ProGuard and Gradle to ensure that our build is fast and stable.

• You are someone who thrives in a highly collaborative environment; you enjoy taking ownership of your work, collaborating with designers, stakeholders and other engineers to develop a deep understanding of the work, breaking it down into deliverable chunks and keeping everyone up to date with your progress.

Additional Information

Health + Mental Wellbeing

• PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa

• Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space

• Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support

• Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting

Work/Life Balance:

• 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days

• 1 company-wide day off per quarter

• Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering

• Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.

• Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant

• All offices are dog-friendly

• Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries

Family Life:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees

• IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave

Learn + Grow:

• Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more

• Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees

Your Future:

• Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)

• Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings

Depop Extras:

• Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK.

• Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!